"Breezedale", also known as Sutton-Elkin House, is an historic home located on the campus of

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. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1979.

History and architectural features

Built between 1865 and 1868, Breezedale has a two-and-one-half-story, twenty-by-thirty-foot, brick main building, which was designed in a Late Victorian-Italianate-style. Attached to the main section are a twelve-by-eighteen-foot wood addition and two brick extensions. The home features a classic

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and

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, and has been used as a

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and for classroom space, since becoming a part of the university sometime after 1915. ''Note:'' This includes Added to the

in 1979, it is now home to the Breezedale Alumni Center.

References

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